Sentence examples for before it embarked from inspiring English sources

(It's somewhat startling to learn that the Titanic was afloat for eleven months, being fitted out and undergoing tests for seaworthiness, before it embarked on its maiden trip).

(It's somewhat startling to learn that the Titanic was afloat for eleven months, being fitted out and undergoing tests for seaworthiness, before it embarked on its maiden trip). The centerpiece of this year's festivities, which commemorates the ship's sinking, was the opening last week of Titanic Belfast, a ninety-million-pound visitor center erected next to the slip where the ship was constructed.

It took the European Central Bank a further five years before it embarked on its own QE programme, by which time sucking demand out of the eurozone economy had achieved predictable results: a double-dip recession, double-digit unemployment rates and a descent towards Japan-style deflation.

A delivery truck was filled to the brim with string cheese, cheese curds, wedges of cheddar and more in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday before it embarked on its journey to the Lone Star State.

Pius's death marked not so much the end of an era for the church as an important transition before it embarked on major reforms under John XXIII (1958 63), who convoked the Second Vatican Council (1959 65).

Armstead was a part of the 2000 Giants team that was 7-4 and reeling from two straight losses before it embarked on an unlikely trip to the Super Bowl.

The regime may catch its breath before it embarks on another round of shooting and clubbing.

BBC Scotland went for a look around the new warship before it embarks on its journey to Portsmouth naval base.

It seems to me British interests will be best served by an early and full and detailed explanation from the government of what its negotiating position is before it embarks on those discussions … What has never been discussed in any depth is what we arrive at.

Critics contend that the United States should finish rebuilding not only the Balkans but also Afghanistan before it embarks on an invasion and a reconstruction program in Iraq.

The BSA states that, before coming to its decision, it embarked on the most comprehensive listening exercise in its history.